STUNNING: Lightning bolts lit up the southern sky at 11pm. Taken from Yangebup looking south to Kwinana. The orange building is the Cockburn Cement factory. Picture: Kelly Hutton Source: PerthNow
STUNNING: Lightning hits the ocean near Secret Harbour, south of Perth. Picture: Tim Grime Source: PerthNow
STUNNING: Lightning hits the ocean near Secret Harbour, south of Perth. Picture: Tim Grime Source: PerthNow
PERTH sweltered through a blistering 40C yesterday, with another 38C scorcher tipped for today but morning thunderstorms have brought some early relief.
Isolated thunderstorms have swept across the metropolitan area early today, mainly in the southern suburbs, but falls have been light.
By 8.30am Dwellingup, 97km south of Perth, recorded 4.6mm, Mandurah 1.6mm, Rottnest 2.8mm and Pearce, 45km inland, has had 1mm.
The city and Perth Airport have registered just 0.2mm.
Thunderstorms south of the city late last night brought more thunder and spectacular lightning displays around Kwinana down towards Mandurah, but little rain.
Perth sweated through an uncomfortably warm night with the mercury dipping to just 25.2C at 6.34am. For most of the night it was in the mid to high 20Cs
How we sweated through the night
Midnight: 27.8C
2am: 26.9C
4am: 28.2C
6am: 26.8C
8am: 26.7
Sweltering 40C day
Swanbourne was the city's hotspot yesterday with 40.9C, which came relatively late in the day, at 3.22pm.
In the city the mercury peaked at 40.1C at 3.34pm.
Many suburbs recorded temperatures of 40C or above and there was little or no seabreeze to provide much relief to anywhere but coastal suburbs.
Perth Airport recorded a top of 40.3C just after 4.15pm and Jandakot reached 39.8C.
Only parts of the Midwest and Pilbara had comparable temperatures yesterday with Geraldton Airport recording a staggering 42.9C at 11.17am!
Further north Paraburdoo was the hottest place in WA, reaching 43.5C, Newman Airport reached 41.9C, Mardie 40.7C and Marble Bar had 40.8C.
At 8.30pm last night it was still 32.2C as a blanket of thundery cloud trapped the heat.
Today Perth can expect another hot day with a top of 38C after an early storm.
The Week ahead
Thursday
Min 24C
Max 38C
Chance of an early storm.
Chance of any rain: 40%
Rainfall amount: 0 to 1 mm
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms contracting to the east during the morning and clearing during the afternoon. Winds northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h shifting west to northwesterly in the late morning then becoming west to southwesterly and light in the evening.
Friday
Min 19C
Max 26C
Shower or two.
Perth area
Cloudy. Isolated showers during the day. Winds southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h, increasing to 30 to 35 km/h in the early afternoon, then easing to 20 to 25 km/h.
Saturday
Min 15C
Max 24C
Cloud clearing.
Perth area
Cloud clearing. Winds south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming south to southeasterly and light during the morning then tending southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the day.
Sunday
Min 14C
Max 27C
Mostly sunny.
Perth area
Mostly sunny. Winds south to southeasterly and light tending southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the day then tending southerly 15 to 25 km/h during the evening.
Monday
Min 15C
Max 32C
Sunny.
Perth area
Sunny. Winds southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h turning southerly 15 to 25 km/h during the day.
Tuesday
Min 17C
Max 33C
Sunny.
Perth area
Sunny. Winds southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h.
Wednesday
Min 16C
Max 33C
Chance of a storm developing.
Perth area
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms possible. Winds southeasterly 25 to 30 km/h turning easterly 30 to 35 km/h during the morning.
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